1138 E MEMORIAL DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1138 E MEMORIAL DR

Architecture and History Inventory
1138 E MEMORIAL DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Adams School
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:126359
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1138 E MEMORIAL DR
County:Rock
City:Janesville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1939
Additions:
Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:elementary, middle, jr.high, or high
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. This school is typical of the school built throughout the city that included all of the modern features, such as large gymnasiums, auditoriums, graded classrooms, etc. that have continued to be important today. Beginning in 1929, and into the 1930s with the help of the WPA program, Janesville's school facilities were modernized and met the city's needs until the "baby-boom" generation forced another era of school building in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Bibliographic References:CITY ON THE ROCK RIVER, CHAPTERS IN JANESVILLE'S HISTORY, p. 163.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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